Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.

No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.

No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

True friends ... face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.

The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next-door neighbour.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Friends are nothing but a known enemy

Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.

Man's best support is a very dear friend.

As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.